Oscar Simms is a London-based director.

He is a Junior Fellow of the Guildhall School of Music & Drama (2025-26), having previously been Young Artist Director with Waterperry Opera Festival (2024-25).

Oscar has worked as an associate or assistant director for The Royal Opera, Opera North, Opera Holland Park, Edinburgh International Festival, Buxton International Festival, Southbank Centre, London Handel Festival, Royal Academy of Music, Waterperry Opera Festival, Arcola Theatre and Guildhall School of Music & Drama.

Oscar is a Trustee of Music & Theatre For All and believes that arts organisations should be deeply enmeshed in the communities from which they originate. As a workshop facilitator, from 2023-24 he was a Young Artist with Create, a leading participatory arts charity, and Oscar continues to work with Create as a freelancer.

He has collaborated regularly with the Pimlico Musical Foundation, including directing their production of Noye’s Fludde in 2023. This involved 200 children from 8 schools, with performances following a 6-week programme of in-school workshops that connected Britten’s opera to curriculum teaching about climate change.

Other credits as Director include Noye’s Fludde (2026) for the Barnes Music Festival, The Lost Life of Tilly MacLeod (2024) for Artled Productions, theYoung Artist Gala (2024) for Waterperry Opera Festival, the second UK performance of Denis & Katya (2021) at the Fitzwilliam Auditorium and The Magic Flute (2017) for Cavatina Opera.